Hulme was quick to add that Powa was not the type of company that
Google Ventures would look at. He did, however, admit that he's
keen to invest some of Google's millions into a fintech company
at some point, adding that Google Ventures has looked at most of
the peer-to-peer lenders and most of the crowdfunding platforms.

Fintech companies like TransferWise and Funding Circle has
been valued at over $1 billion after raising hundreds of millions
of dollars between them.

"We will [invest in fintech]," said Hulme during a lunch with
Business Insider, The BBC and The Financial Times. "I think
there’s an argument that prices are already coming off a bit,
particularly at later stage, so I’d be very bullish about it.
Particularly London."

Avid Larizadeh Duggan, the only other Google Ventures partner in
Europe, added: "There’s so much still to happen [in fintech] from
partnerships to small acquisitions. There’s still a lot of time
for Tom to invest."

Hulme said he is also on the hunt for artificial intelligence
companies that are developing general self-learning algorithms
that can be applied to a wide range of scenarios in the same way
that Google DeepMind's can.